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Circle Round

The Banker’s Riddles feat. Jeannie Mai

Circle Round

WBUR

Ages 4-10, Children, Storytelling, Kids & Family, Childrens' Story, Books, Stories For Kids, Kids, Storytime, Story

4.414.8K Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2019

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Jeannie Mai (Listen Hunnay, The Real) headlines this Chinese and Vietnamese tale about a wise, witty woman who gives a greedy, riddle-loving banker a run for his money.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Is that a lion?

0:04.6

I think he's saying our fourth picture book, The Lion's Whiskour, hits shelves this spring.

0:12.4

And on Saturday, June 17th, we're throwing a party at WBUR's city space in Boston to celebrate

0:18.6

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0:20.5

Find more details and get your in-person or virtual tickets at WBUR.org slash circle

0:26.0

round.

0:30.0

Produced by the I-Lab at WBUR Boston.

0:43.7

Think about the last time you helped someone.

0:48.0

Maybe you helped a friend with homework.

0:50.3

You dried the dishes as you're grown up washed them.

0:53.0

Or you offered a kind word to somebody who was having a rough day.

0:57.1

We're about to meet a man who has the opportunity to help a whole lot of people in entire town,

1:01.8

actually.

1:02.8

But instead, he leaves them puzzled.

1:06.3

Very puzzled.

1:14.9

I'm Rebecca Scher and welcome to Circle Around.

1:17.6

Where story time happens all the time.

1:20.4

Today our story is called The Bankers Riddles.

1:24.3

The stories of this tale come from China and Vietnam to countries in Asia.

1:28.4

Some really great people came together to bring you our version of this folk tale, including

1:34.5

Jeannie Mai.

1:36.4

grownups you might know Jeannie from the talk show The Real.

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